{"author_link":"\/author\/jacklehamster\/","author_name":"jacklehamster","author_uid":"20841","comments":[{"author_name":"LTPATS","author_uid":"29798","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 9:35am","epoch":1387186200,"text":"This was awesome, I spent so much time trying to score unsuccessfully before realizing the solution. Short but I like where it's going!"},{"author_name":"jacklehamster","author_uid":"20841","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 9:29pm","epoch":1387229040,"text":"Thanks LTPATS, please check back again after jam, when the game will be done!"},{"author_name":"JacksGamesSucks","author_uid":"16491","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 8:42am","epoch":1387269420,"text":"HAHA nice! i had more fun than playing fifa :) great idea, great job!"},{"author_name":"Lolshouse Dev Team","author_uid":"29857","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 9:28am","epoch":1387272180,"text":"This game was fun. So fast paced!"},{"author_name":"Hyde Wyvern","author_uid":"17690","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 9:29am","epoch":1387272240,"text":"extremely adicting u don't know how hard I tried to score a goal :( amazing game, really fun and perfect for the theme!"},{"author_name":"KWL_TW","author_uid":"18962","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 9:32am","epoch":1387272420,"text":"Great game! I love it!"},{"author_name":"jacklehamster","author_uid":"20841","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 10:29am","epoch":1387275840,"text":"BTW, can anyone confirm if that the win\/draw screen is working? I can't beat my own game ;-\/"},{"author_name":"DeathBySnail","author_uid":"2507","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 10:51am","epoch":1387277160,"text":"Quite fun. Very hard!"},{"author_name":"Moist","author_uid":"16352","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 10:59am","epoch":1387277640,"text":"Very fun and addictive. The only thing I dislike is how you stop for a while after being hit. I think it would be much nicer to have the character slide instead. But anyway, great game!"},{"author_name":"Dohan","author_uid":"14678","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 10:48pm","epoch":1387320180,"text":"Wow, very fun and very hard! The draw screen works fine, but I've been unable to win... I've been scoring at least one own-goal per match."},{"author_name":"eralpkaraduman","author_uid":"2525","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 11:06pm","epoch":1387321260,"text":"Never mind if it's not, (I may have just felt like it), or you know it already. When you move diagonally vertical and horizontal speeds get added and you move faster than moving sides. You can fix it by little trigonometry. \r<br\/>Here's a brief explanation.  \r<br\/>\r<br\/>http:\/\/forum.unity3d.com\/threads\/120296-First-Person-Controller-walking-twice-as-fast-when-walking-diagonally?p=809166&amp;viewfull=1#post809166"},{"author_name":"antila","author_uid":"27189","time":"Dec 18, 2013 @ 12:29am","epoch":1387326240,"text":"I lost 0-3! :D"},{"author_name":"recursor","author_uid":"1105","time":"Dec 18, 2013 @ 1:08am","epoch":1387328580,"text":"The graphics are lovely and the sound isn't bad either.  I managed to score one goal and felt pretty good about it. Quite Fun."},{"author_name":"Thecoolestnerdguys","author_uid":"17792","time":"Dec 18, 2013 @ 6:12pm","epoch":1387390020,"text":"Haha, very cool!\r<br\/>The graphics are good.\r<br\/>The sfx are a bit annoying.\r<br\/>The name parodies are hilarious.\r<br\/>And I suck at this game bad as I suck at soccer IRL."},{"author_name":"f7f5","author_uid":"21437","time":"Dec 18, 2013 @ 11:00pm","epoch":1387407300,"text":"My player is a diver!! I actually managed to score once. Hilarious but very hard."},{"author_name":"McDonaldsWizard","author_uid":"22461","time":"Dec 19, 2013 @ 1:12am","epoch":1387415220,"text":"Its real hard but very gratifying when you actually do score. I lost 3 times in a row before figuring it out. The art for the characters is amazing, but it makes the grass stand out as being not as high quality. Controls felt very responsive and smooth. Very well done."},{"author_name":"zorfmorf","author_uid":"28506","time":"Dec 19, 2013 @ 11:56am","epoch":1387453860,"text":"Haha the feeling of unfairness is strong with this one! Just had to play the game until I managed to get at least one goal in against these *****"},{"author_name":"_zulli","author_uid":"20963","time":"Dec 19, 2013 @ 12:47pm","epoch":1387456920,"text":"Cool idea! Very challenging!!! Good job :)\r<br\/>\r<br\/>If you have time please rate my game! I would really appreciate it :)"},{"author_name":"BarrensZeppelin","author_uid":"8838","time":"Dec 19, 2013 @ 12:52pm","epoch":1387457220,"text":"Really hard!"},{"author_name":"Nelien","author_uid":"30744","time":"Dec 19, 2013 @ 2:02pm","epoch":1387461420,"text":"The controls are very tricky for me, not sure why, this makes the game impossibly hard. But I really like the visuals and tongue in cheek humour. Well done!"},{"author_name":"DustyStylus","author_uid":"15902","time":"Dec 19, 2013 @ 6:10pm","epoch":1387476300,"text":"Haha, this game feels like a metaphor for life. ;-D\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Very fast and good controls, but very very hard."},{"author_name":"stvr","author_uid":"26473","time":"Dec 20, 2013 @ 1:40am","epoch":1387503300,"text":"Dang, this is frustrating. But it's a lot of fun, too! After getting a destroyed a few times you get the hang of it."},{"author_name":"Joao Kucera","author_uid":"29004","time":"Dec 20, 2013 @ 2:08am","epoch":1387504980,"text":"It&acute;s so fun to play. The theme was nice too. Congrats!"},{"author_name":"Noah Ratcliff","author_uid":"18011","time":"Dec 20, 2013 @ 2:34am","epoch":1387506540,"text":"I loved it! First game so far that I've wanted to sit and play over and over."},{"author_name":"BluMist","author_uid":"29261","time":"Dec 20, 2013 @ 5:06am","epoch":1387515660,"text":"I just got gorilla stomped."},{"author_name":"lilinx","author_uid":"28339","time":"Dec 20, 2013 @ 7:36am","epoch":1387524660,"text":"This is a great little game! Ok I got my ass beaten up 3 times and that was quite humiliating. The whole idea of having to play a match alone against 11 gorillas stronger and faster than you is wonderful."},{"author_name":"rojo","author_uid":"29998","time":"Dec 20, 2013 @ 9:07am","epoch":1387530120,"text":"Pretty tough!  I like the use of the theme, though."},{"author_name":"glovecat","author_uid":"28794","time":"Dec 20, 2013 @ 10:17am","epoch":1387534320,"text":"wow! It's a very hard game! but also very fun, great work! :)"},{"author_name":"alyip98","author_uid":"31188","time":"Dec 20, 2013 @ 2:28pm","epoch":1387549380,"text":"Nice game :) challenging but fun :D"},{"author_name":"ParaPup","author_uid":"18322","time":"Dec 20, 2013 @ 9:07pm","epoch":1387573320,"text":"Cute simple game you got here x3"},{"author_name":"Bruno Massa","author_uid":"26154","time":"Dec 20, 2013 @ 9:51pm","epoch":1387575960,"text":"I lost so many times.... hahahha"},{"author_name":"zkenshin","author_uid":"12839","time":"Dec 21, 2013 @ 12:24am","epoch":1387585140,"text":"Quite a fun entry!\r<br\/>Collision boxes around the gorillas for knocking down the player may have been slightly too large.\r<br\/>Great job (:"},{"author_name":"Jgpicatoste","author_uid":"16419","time":"Dec 21, 2013 @ 2:22pm","epoch":1387635420,"text":"It's so good, but it's sooo hard. Fuckin gorillas &not;&not;. Had fun playing this!"},{"author_name":"van noctar","author_uid":"21196","time":"Dec 21, 2013 @ 4:04pm","epoch":1387641540,"text":"It's the first football game that i see! good job!"},{"author_name":"Gaspard_","author_uid":"25208","time":"Dec 21, 2013 @ 4:18pm","epoch":1387642380,"text":"Arrrghghhghg! Can't win!"},{"author_name":"kill0u","author_uid":"5422","time":"Dec 21, 2013 @ 9:29pm","epoch":1387661040,"text":"The win &amp; draw screens work :)\r<br\/>\r<br\/>http:\/\/imgup.motion-twin.com\/twinoid\/b\/6\/3d03a878_8297.jpg\r<br\/>http:\/\/imgup.motion-twin.com\/twinoid\/7\/2\/757fa899_8297.jpg"},{"author_name":"jacklehamster","author_uid":"20841","time":"Dec 21, 2013 @ 10:41pm","epoch":1387665360,"text":"\u2606"},{"author_name":"KunoNoOni","author_uid":"6464","time":"Dec 21, 2013 @ 11:42pm","epoch":1387669020,"text":"What a cool game. well done!"},{"author_name":"anvoz","author_uid":"30146","time":"Dec 22, 2013 @ 5:43am","epoch":1387690680,"text":"Really fun game to play. A gorilla was named Justin Bieber lol. I could only score once after a few tries. Really good AI."},{"author_name":"yosh","author_uid":"6851","time":"Dec 22, 2013 @ 10:50am","epoch":1387709100,"text":"Really fun! It's just very hard to survive face to these giant and powerful gorillas :D\r<br\/>One weak point would be the AI, as hard as it can be to work on a functional &amp; smart AI in 72h, there is still a situation during which the bots get stuck with the ball and you can't do anything because your poor cat is way to weak to tackle or anything :P"},{"author_name":"Hypnohustla","author_uid":"20803","time":"Dec 22, 2013 @ 12:54pm","epoch":1387716540,"text":"I cant believe I could actually enjoy a football game. :D Really addicting! With some gameplay adjustments, this could be something really awesome! :) I hope you continue to work on it."},{"author_name":"Diptoman","author_uid":"25325","time":"Dec 22, 2013 @ 3:11pm","epoch":1387724760,"text":"That was really hard. D:\r<br\/>But great concept, and the A.I. is very well made for such a short time!"},{"author_name":"kirbytails7","author_uid":"4767","time":"Dec 22, 2013 @ 5:52pm","epoch":1387734420,"text":"Pretty fun. The controls are a bit unwieldy, but not necessarily in a bad way. Why is diagonal movement so fast, though?"},{"author_name":"Techblogogy","author_uid":"25556","time":"Dec 22, 2013 @ 6:46pm","epoch":1387737660,"text":"First of all IT HAS CATS, so that's already something. At start I was confused, but after game was good."},{"author_name":"Dry Tree","author_uid":"5357","time":"Dec 22, 2013 @ 11:37pm","epoch":1387755120,"text":"Great game, with good challenging gameplay (and I usually don't like football games - but this is an exception!!) on one game I managed to somehow send the ball over and past my goal and although myself and the gorillas kept chasing it we never found it - after a minute or so I just restarted. I found the sound a bit grating (and it's the only game so far when someone else in the room asked me to make the noise stop ;) ). Overall though a very fun and compelling game. Good work"},{"author_name":"ENDESGA","author_uid":"19270","time":"Dec 23, 2013 @ 1:42am","epoch":1387762620,"text":"Awesome game, very cool :)"},{"author_name":"olafsworld98","author_uid":"30819","time":"Dec 23, 2013 @ 2:33am","epoch":1387765680,"text":"ha nice"},{"author_name":"mcapraro","author_uid":"28472","time":"Dec 23, 2013 @ 6:01am","epoch":1387778160,"text":"really hard!"},{"author_name":"LatFoued","author_uid":"30371","time":"Dec 29, 2013 @ 10:34am","epoch":1388312940,"text":"Very nice gameplay really liked it, makes me so mad when you can't get the ball from the big guys xD. Good job"},{"author_name":"ayame9joe","author_uid":"21312","time":"Dec 30, 2013 @ 10:16am","epoch":1388398260,"text":"Awesome"},{"author_name":"VanhaVihtahousu","author_uid":"31241","time":"Dec 30, 2013 @ 2:14pm","epoch":1388412540,"text":"This was really cool! Loved the challenge and Ronaldo McDonald."},{"author_name":"Beavl","author_uid":"26231","time":"Dec 30, 2013 @ 8:12pm","epoch":1388434020,"text":"Really nice soccer game. It reminds me of Sensible Soccer. Good all fun!"},{"author_name":"henrykun","author_uid":"5379","time":"Jan 2, 2014 @ 2:52am","epoch":1388630820,"text":"Freaking gorillas!!!I really hate them &gt;&lt; I wanted to punch them in th face and take the ball from them haha. Awesome game man, great job."},{"author_name":"Colapsydo","author_uid":"3984","time":"Jan 2, 2014 @ 9:45am","epoch":1388655600,"text":"It's quite hard since gorillas stun you so easily, but it's a kitty against gorillas so I guess it's ok.\r<br\/>Nice work on the players name."},{"author_name":"cappelnord","author_uid":"7575","time":"Jan 3, 2014 @ 1:50pm","epoch":1388756700,"text":"Fun little game :)"},{"author_name":"mmickyman","author_uid":"21047","time":"Jan 3, 2014 @ 9:58pm","epoch":1388785980,"text":"Tricky, but funny eheh."},{"author_name":"AlexFili","author_uid":"12941","time":"Jan 4, 2014 @ 11:04am","epoch":1388833140,"text":"This game is really difficult. Interesting theme though and best of luck in future LD contests."},{"author_name":"Jeremias","author_uid":"7211","time":"Jan 5, 2014 @ 1:43pm","epoch":1388929080,"text":"The controls are very unfair: I know I have to be weak (story-related), but it's hard to get to the ball or make a goal with the limited view and the big range of the enemies. Anyway, quite fun!"},{"author_name":"sahoskins1","author_uid":"29258","time":"Jan 5, 2014 @ 8:12pm","epoch":1388952420,"text":"Think the biggest problem I had with this was how difficult it is as soon as you get knocked down. Maybe a sideways knock in momentum or something would have been a bit more fair than falling down. Still, good effort with nice cartoon graphics!"},{"author_name":"ziomorti","author_uid":"7388","time":"Jan 6, 2014 @ 1:40pm","epoch":1389015300,"text":"Argh! Quite difficult! Loved the names :D"},{"author_name":"Cake&amp;Code","author_uid":"10976","time":"Jan 6, 2014 @ 7:13pm","epoch":1389035280,"text":"Hahaha, love the inspiration. ;) The game was pretty hard for me since my perspective was to just try to shoot it into the goal (sports is not my thing...) but after much perseverance I was able to manage ONE goal! Felt good, even though I still lost. :) Great work!"},{"author_name":"jacklehamster","author_uid":"20841","time":"Jan 6, 2014 @ 9:02pm","epoch":1389041820,"text":"In the post-jam, I toned down the difficulty but added a goalie. I hope the game is still reasonably challenging."},{"author_name":"Raphy","author_uid":"24241","time":"Jan 6, 2014 @ 11:13pm","epoch":1389049680,"text":"Funny game but it felt really hard to control the ball. Also other players are gigantic and so hard to dodge, it's a bit frustrating. Camera zoom makes the terrain feel kindda weird too."}],"images":["ld28\/20841-5779490c108c7a7a2d2c3b7234a0186d.jpg","ld28\/20841-d839d81ce2b3a4f2ae5551f645f7a994.jpg","ld28\/20841-52dd5d3b48ba08caa273b4ed09c7a435.jpg","ld28\/20841-f745c6cf9d30df42e32037b3eb8725f5.jpg","ld28\/20841-eb2960cf587553fb435073f85a6d7d63.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.newgrounds.com\/dump\/item\/8e4f6272c18f447562e051ee75b4a919","text":"Web"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/sh\/z6mr13hxbjidab7\/nj3v3wEXAn","text":"Source"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/2013\/12\/17\/a-long-post-mortem-for-my-champion-a-few-coding-tricks\/","text":"Post-mortem"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.newgrounds.com\/portal\/view\/632991","text":"Post-jam"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eivYYZ4ocrA","text":"Gameplay Video"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"22718","g_author":"20841","g_event":"LD28","g_eventkey":"20","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"22748","g_title":"My Champion","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"281","g_commentcount":"63","g_site2_node_id":"0","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":[],"node":null,"orig_images":["http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/308734\/20841-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/308734\/20841-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/308734\/20841-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/308734\/20841-shot4.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/308734\/20841-shot3.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"CONTROLS\r\n============================\r\narrow keys: move\r\n[space]: kick\/run\r\n\r\n\r\nABOUT\r\n============================\r\nThis game was inspired by Stephen Chow in Shaolin Soccer.\r\n\r\nSo the whole team has been knocked out by the opposing team, the Gorillas. Only left is the replacement player on the bench. \r\nYOU ONLY GET ONE PLAYER!\r\n\r\nGood luck for everyone in the jam, and have fun!\r\n\r\n\r\nUPDATES:\r\n============================\r\nK, so I'm done with the Jam. I didn't do the compo this time cause I needed a bit more time, but I'm glad I got nice graphics in. I'll probably make a separate post-jam version for newgrounds later, with medals and highscore. Hope you guys like it!\r\n--------------\r\nFeel free to check out the post-mortem\r\nWorking on a post-jam version, but it won't be for a while. it will add some details like referee and crowd. I hope I get to it before the jam's over.\r\n--------------\r\nIf you're interested, here's the version shown at the real world meetup (after 48h):\r\nhttps:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/s\/ijx08ibn9ew2y8e\/champ3_made.swf\r\n----------------\r\nWarning: Apparently, it's not just me. This game is really DIFFICULT. Happy Holidays!\r\n----------------\r\nPost jam version posted.\r\n\r\nOTHER LD28 GAMES:\r\n========================\r\n* Mama's Sick - pretty emotional game. I didn't like it at first, because I didn't think you could win, but you actually can.\r\n* Natural Sheep Care - The concept is not that new, but it's fun and I like the environment\r\n* Creator Story Saga Tycoon - quite addictive... I hope the creator added roaming creatures in post.\r\n* Princess Kingdom - Love it\r\n* Ludum Simulator 3000 - If you feel you lacked time to finish your game, check this out!\r\n* Other games part of #LD48 #NOKILL: http:\/\/goo.gl\/w05wsr","title":"My Champion"}